Am I a Good Leader? A Changing and Diverse Role – Gail Cohen, GCVA

June 16, 2023

Am I a Good Leader? A Changing and Diverse Role – Gail Cohen, GCVA

This is one of the most frank, honest podcast conversations I’ve had and I’m so grateful to Gail Cohen of the GCVA for being so open with me about her leadership style.

We explore if she is a good leader (her words!). Gail’s honesty and vulnerability is powerful as we unpick:

How our experience shapes us
Self awareness vs self evaluation
Generational differences within the workforce
Employee led culture
Clarity of a leaders’ strengths and areas for development
Leadership, management and being an entrepreneur – crucial differences
Leading with neurodiversity, and the impact on the team
Regaining the ‘ba boom’ when we flatline in our roles
Relinquishing control and succession planning

The conversation is thought provoking. I wonder what you will take away from it?

More about Gail:

Gail is the Director General of the Gift Card & Voucher Association (GCVA), a role she has held since 2015. During this time, the organisation has grown exponentially; adapting to represent all players, and the industry, in the continually changing gift card environment. It has over 90 members including major retailers and key service providers.

Gail leads and manages the association, develops strategy, and sets direction with the executive group, hosting the largest annual industry global conference.

Gail is an experienced brand builder and marketing professional with an impressive portfolio working across the private, public, and charitable sectors. Previous clients include Cartier, British Film Institute & Pearson. She is passionate about human rights and loves her family, gardening, cooking and meditating in the middle of a field.